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  1. Jenkins
  2. JENKINS-43407

hudson.Util.noSymLink option not respected

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    • Bug
    • Resolution: Won't Fix
    • Minor
    • core
    • None
    • OS: Centos 7 64-bit
      JRE: OpenJDK 1.8
      Container: Tomcat
      Jenkins version: 1.651.3 (and 2.53 according to code)
      Browser: Chrome

    Description

      Steps to reproduce:

      1. Copy Jenkins home directory to a filesystem that does not support symlinks (AWS Storage Gateway in my case)
      2. Add -Dhudson.Util.noSymLink=true to java options in tomcat configuration
      3. Start Jenkins
      4. Perform a build or a promotion with the Promotions plugin

      Observe:

       ln builds/lastSuccessfulBuild /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/McRel Identity App/promotions/dev/lastSuccessful failed
 java.nio.file.FileSystemException: /var/lib/jenkins/jobs/McRel Identity App/promotions/dev/lastSuccessful: Unknown error 524
 at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.translateToIOException(UnixException.java:91)
 at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:102)
 at sun.nio.fs.UnixException.rethrowAsIOException(UnixException.java:107)
 at sun.nio.fs.UnixFileSystemProvider.createSymbolicLink(UnixFileSystemProvider.java:457)
 at java.nio.file.Files.createSymbolicLink(Files.java:1043)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
 at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(NativeMethodAccessorImpl.java:62)
 at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.java:43)
 at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:498)
 at hudson.Util.createSymlinkJava7(Util.java:1237)
 at hudson.Util.createSymlink(Util.java:1153)
 at hudson.model.Run.createSymlink(Run.java:1840)
 at hudson.model.Run.updateSymlinks(Run.java:1821)
 at hudson.model.Run.execute(Run.java:1736)
 at hudson.model.Run.run(Run.java:1676)
 at hudson.plugins.promoted_builds.Promotion.run(Promotion.java:286)
 at hudson.model.ResourceController.execute(ResourceController.java:98)
 at hudson.model.Executor.run(Executor.java:410)

      The problem appears to be introduced in commit ed748d4b810ac1dd85e5da7857bc203f5773f329

      Jenkins tries to create the symlink using the Java 7+ approach. If it fails, it then checks hudson.Util.noSymLink before trying other methods to create the symlink.

      Recommended fix would be to test for NO_SYMLINK at the very beginning of createSymlink.

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          is related to

          Bug - A problem which impairs or prevents the functions of the product. JENKINS-43540 builds/lastSuccessfulBuild symlink is not created

          • Critical - Crashes, loss of data, severe memory leak.
          • Open
          relates to

          Task - A task that needs to be done. JENKINS-37862 Extract build symlink handling to a plugin

          • Major - Major loss of function.
          • Resolved

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              alex_stone_filament Alex Stone
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